Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Love

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It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Life, Confused

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.2083, Delphi Classics

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Literature, Cold

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.52

When one is truly in love, one not only says it, but shows it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Insperational, Shows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1861). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including his translations and notes”, p.249

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Inspirational, Sweet

"Morituri Salutamus" st. 21 (1875)

The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Night, Dawn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Complete Poems of Longfellow”, Library of Alexandria

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Beautiful, Character

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Short Love, Famous Love

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Time, Twilight

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). “The Works: Kavanagh. Outre-Mer”, p.164

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Dream, Easter

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.88, Library of America

There is nothing holier in this life of ours than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Life, Wings

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1961, Delphi Classics

A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thought's of youth are long, long thoughhts

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Boys, Wind

'My Lost Youth' (1858)

Enjoy the Spring of Love and Youth, to some good angel leave the rest; For Time will teach thee soon the truth, there are no birds in last year's nest!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Time, Retirement

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1847). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Complete in One Volume”, p.49

Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love, Spring, Rain

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.88, Library of America